Brass Horn Section E. Max Bradfield’s Versatile Band Warfield Theatre by Known Photographer – Charles Boussum San Francisco, California 1925. For offer, a nice old photograph. Fresh from a prominent estate in Upstate NY. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, Original, Antique, NOT a Reproduction – Guaranteed!! Three musicians – Signed by each of them, with full identification written on bottom as well. Phil Larpkin / Larkin? Jack Sprigg, and Roy E. Photographer imprint at lower right corner. This band known in the San Francisco / Oakland CA area. Measures just under 8 x 10 inches. In good to very good condition. Ink signatures faded, as well as some writing on bottom. Please see photo for details. If you collect 20th century American history, Americana photography, dance band, orchestra, etc. This is a treasure you will not see again! Genealogy importance as well. Add this to your image or paper / ephemera collection. The Warfield (also known as The Warfield Theater) is a 2,300-seat music venue located at 982 Market Street, San Francisco, California. It was built as a vaudeville theater, and opened as the Loews Warfield on May 13, 1922 History In the 1920s, The Warfield was a popular location that featured vaudeville and other major performances, such as Al Jolson, Louis Armstrong, and Charlie Chaplin. The theater opened as the Loews Warfield, named after David Warfield. It later became known as the Fox Warfield. New Life came to the Warfield in 1979 when Bob Dylan played 14 shows at the start of his first Gospel Tour in November 1979, and again 12 shows in November 1980 during his “A Musical Retrospective Tour”. The Warfield had an appeal as a rock concert venue because it has more intimacy and better sound quality than an arena, yet has an occupancy of over 2000 persons. The venerable hall has been rocking ever since. Like many historic theaters, its main floor had the seats removed in the 1980s for general admission and dancing. Prior to the removal of the seats, Joe Strummer of The Clash once refused to play unless the first two rows of seats were removed to allow for dancing. [2] It is a favorite venue for performance among many entertainers. [3] The Warfield served as a home for the Grateful Dead for many years. The shows were a celebration of the band’s fifteenth anniversary and done as a show of appreciation for their loyal fans. Jerry Garcia also made the Warfield a second home, performing a record 88 times there with his various side bands, when not touring with the Dead. On May 9, 1991, Guns N’ Roses performed the first of a few “secret warm-up theatre gigs” prior to the official opening of their Use Your Illusion Tour. [4] Current use as music venue In 2000 Widespread Panic had a four night run where they honored the Grateful Dead spirit and played with Merle Saunders and Jorma Kaukonen As is common with large music venues, there are a great variety of musicians scheduled. In 2001, thrash metal band Slayer recorded a home video there and released it as, War at the Warfield, in 2003. On November 12, 2003, hard rock band Korn performed during a small club tour, which is a rarity for the band. Green Day played at The Warfield on the 13th October 2005, they played the whole of their American Idiot album from front to back and a number of their previous songs in their catalog and covers ranging from “Shout” to “Blitzkrieg Bop”. The Killers played there on December 12, 2008, after previously canceling their show on November 21, due to an unknown injury. In May 2008, The Warfield changed management. The venue was closed pending renovations by new lessee, Goldenvoice/AEG Live. The venue was scheduled to reopen in September 2008, with George Lopez to give the first performance. In September 2011, Dream Theater played their first U. Show with Mike Mangini on the Dramatic Turn of Events Tour at the Warfield. This was their first show in the U. Without founding drummer Mike Portnoy. In June 2012, Above & Beyond brought their Group Therapy show to the Warfield for two nights. The Waldhorn (since the 1930s known simply as the “horn” in professional music circles) and often called the “French” horn is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B? (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most often used by players in professional orchestras and bands. A musician who plays any kind of horn is generally referred to as a horn player (or less frequently, a hornist). Pitch is controlled through the combination of the following factors: speed of propulsion of air through the instrument (controlled by the player’s lungs and thoracic diaphragm); diameter and tension of lip aperture (controlled by the player’s lip muscles-the embouchure) in the mouthpiece; plus, in a modern French horn, the operation of valves by the left hand, which route the air into extra sections of tubing. [2] Most horns have lever-operated rotary valves, but some, especially older horns, use piston valves (similar to a trumpet’s) and the Vienna horn uses double-piston valves, or pumpenvalves. The backward-facing orientation of the bell relates to the perceived desirability to create a subdued sound, in concert situations, in contrast to the more piercing quality of the trumpet. A horn without valves is known as a natural horn, changing pitch along the natural harmonics of the instrument (similar to a bugle). Pitch may also be controlled by the position of the hand in the bell, in effect reducing the bell’s diameter. The pitch of any note can easily be raised or lowered by adjusting the hand position in the bell. [3] Three valves control the flow of air in the single horn, which is tuned to F or less commonly B? . The more common double horn has a fourth valve, usually operated by the thumb, which routes the air to one set of tubing tuned to F or another tuned to B? . Triple horns with five valves are also made, tuned in F, B? , and a descant E? Or F. Also common are descant doubles, which typically provide B? And Alto F branches. This configuration provides a high-range horn while avoiding the additional complexity and weight of a triple. A crucial element in playing the horn deals with the mouthpiece. Most of the time, the mouthpiece is placed in the exact center of the lips, but, because of differences in the formation of the lips and teeth of different players, some tend to play with the mouthpiece slightly off center. [4] Although the exact side-to-side placement of the mouthpiece varies for most horn players, the up-and-down placement of the mouthpiece is generally two-thirds on the upper lip and one-third on the lower lip. [4] When playing higher notes, the majority of players exert a small degree of additional pressure on the lips using the mouthpiece. However, this is undesirable from the perspective of both endurance and tone: excessive mouthpiece pressure makes the horn sound forced and harsh, and decreases player’s stamina due to the resulting constricted flow of blood to the lips and lip muscles. [5] It is the goal of all serious brass musicians to develop their technique such that additional mouthpiece pressure is avoided altogether, or at the very least, minimized. Nearby town in San Fran area: Alameda City Alameda 73,812 10.61 27.5 April 19, 1854 Albany City Alameda 18,539 1.79 4.6 September 22, 1908 American Canyon City Napa 19,454 4.84 12.5 January 1, 1992 Antioch City Contra Costa 102,372 28.35 73.4 February 6, 1872 Atherton Town San Mateo 6,914 5.02 13.0 September 12, 1923 Belmont City San Mateo 25,835 4.62 12.0 October 29, 1926 Belvedere City Marin 2,068 0.52 1.3 December 24, 1896 Benicia City Solano 26,997 12.93 33.5 March 27, 1850 Berkeley City Alameda 112,580 10.47 27.1 April 4, 1878 Brentwood City Contra Costa 51,481 14.79 38.3 January 21, 1948 Brisbane City San Mateo 4,282 3.10 8.0 November 27, 1961 Burlingame City San Mateo 28,806 4.41 11.4 June 6, 1908 Calistoga City Napa 5,155 2.60 6.7 January 6, 1886 Campbell City Santa Clara 39,349 5.80 15.0 March 28, 1952 Clayton City Contra Costa 10,897 3.84 9.9 March 18, 1964 Cloverdale City Sonoma 8,618 2.65 6.9 February 28, 1872 Colma Town San Mateo 1,792 1.91 4.9 August 5, 1924 Concord City Contra Costa 122,067 30.55 79.1 February 9, 1905 Corte Madera Town Marin 9,253 3.16 8.2 June 10, 1916 Cotati City Sonoma 7,265 1.88 4.9 July 16, 1963 Cupertino City Santa Clara 58,302 11.26 29.2 October 10, 1955 Daly City City San Mateo 101,123 7.66 19.8 March 22, 1911 Danville Town Contra Costa 42,039 18.03 46.7 July 1, 1982 Dixon City Solano 18,351 7.00 18.1 March 30, 1878 Dublin City Alameda 46,036 14.91 38.6 February 1, 1982 East Palo Alto City San Mateo 28,155 2.51 6.5 July 1, 1983 El Cerrito City Contra Costa 23,549 3.69 9.6 August 23, 1917 Emeryville City Alameda 10,080 1.25 3.2 December 8, 1896 Fairfax Town Marin 7,441 2.20 5.7 March 2, 1931 FairfieldCounty seat City Solano 105,321 37.39 96.8 December 12, 1903 Foster City City San Mateo 30,567 3.76 9.7 April 27, 1971 Fremont City Alameda 214,089 77.46 200.6 January 23, 1956 Gilroy City Santa Clara 48,821 16.15 41.8 March 12, 1870 Half Moon Bay City San Mateo 11,324 6.42 16.6 July 15, 1959 Hayward City Alameda 144,186 45.32 117.4 March 11, 1876 Healdsburg City Sonoma 11,254 4.46 11.6 February 20, 1867 Hercules City Contra Costa 24,060 6.21 16.1 December 15, 1900 Hillsborough Town San Mateo 10,825 6.19 16.0 May 5, 1910 Lafayette City Contra Costa 23,893 15.22 39.4 July 29, 1968 Larkspur City Marin 11,926 3.03 7.8 March 1, 1908 Livermore City Alameda 80,968 25.17 65.2 April 1, 1876 Los Altos City Santa Clara 28,976 6.49 16.8 December 1, 1952 Los Altos Hills Town Santa Clara 7,922 8.80 22.8 January 27, 1956 Los Gatos Town Santa Clara 29,413 11.08 28.7 August 10, 1887 MartinezCounty seat City Contra Costa 35,824 12.13 31.4 April 1, 1876 Menlo Park City San Mateo 32,026 9.79 25.4 November 23, 1927 Mill Valley City Marin 13,903 4.76 12.3 September 1, 1900 Millbrae City San Mateo 21,532 3.25 8.4 January 14, 1948 Milpitas City Santa Clara 66,790 13.59 35.2 January 26, 1954 Monte Sereno City Santa Clara 3,341 1.62 4.2 May 14, 1957 Moraga Town Contra Costa 16,016 9.43 24.4 November 13, 1974 Morgan Hill City Santa Clara 37,882 12.88 33.4 November 10, 1906 Mountain View City Santa Clara 74,066 12.00 31.1 November 7, 1902 NapaCounty seat City Napa 76,915 17.84 46.2 March 23, 1872 Newark City Alameda 42,573 13.87 35.9 September 22, 1955 Novato City Marin 51,904 27.44 71.1 January 20, 1960 OaklandCounty seat City Alameda 390,724 55.79 144.5 May 4, 1852 Oakley City Contra Costa 35,432 15.85 41.1 July 1, 1999 Orinda City Contra Costa 17,643 12.68 32.8 July 1, 1985 Pacifica City San Mateo 37,234 12.66 32.8 November 22, 1957 Palo Alto City Santa Clara 64,403 23.88 61.8 April 23, 1894 Petaluma City Sonoma 57,941 14.38 37.2 April 12, 1858 Piedmont City Alameda 10,667 1.68 4.4 January 31, 1907 Pinole City Contra Costa 18,390 5.32 13.8 June 25, 1903 Pittsburg City Contra Costa 63,264 17.22 44.6 June 25, 1903 Pleasant Hill City Contra Costa 33,152 7.07 18.3 November 14, 1961 Pleasanton City Alameda 70,285 24.11 62.4 June 18, 1894 Portola Valley Town San Mateo 4,353 9.09 23.5 July 14, 1964 Redwood CityCounty 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